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Leith

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9. It's a very clever play on words

Reply to hvn_nbr_2 (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 11, 2020, 03:12 PM

Dec 2020

Most Americans know the phrase hara kiri, even though they usually spell it incorrectly. Most do not know that it is a somewhat crude term. The polite term is seppuku.

So the idea is that they are committing ritual suicide by trying to overturn the duly elected government.

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Who are the Sick Sixteen of SeppuCoup? [View all] ck4829 Dec 2020 OP

Get thee to the greatest page RFN malaise Dec 2020 #1

Thank you ck4829 Dec 2020 #6

It is a very serious matter malaise Dec 2020 #7

Indeed ck4829 Dec 2020 #8

Should we take up a collection to purchase Chainfire Dec 2020 #2

I give up. What the hell is Seppucoup? hvn_nbr_2 Dec 2020 #3

That would be the name I have given to this action by Texas and others ck4829 Dec 2020 #5

It's a very clever play on words Leith Dec 2020 #9

These guys even bastardize the act of seppuku gohuskies Dec 2020 #4

Walberg is a real piece of shit. roamer65 Dec 2020 #10